Despite its reputation for lack of reactivity at moderate temperatures, nitrous oxide is capable of oxidizing at least one class of organic compounds, the phosphines, at temperatures at or below 100 °C. The use of supercritical N 2 O as both the solvent and the reactant simplifies the isolation of the products and allows one to avoid the use of flammable liquid solvents.
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